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raccoon

(31,110 posts)
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 11:23 AM Jul 2012

It really annoys me when sitting close together in a group, and the person


next to me starts talking with their hands and invades my personal space.

I hold up my forearm to protect my personal space when they do that.

Why do people do that? I would NEVER think of sticking my hands in somebody's
face. these are people who are otherwise well-mannered.







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ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
1. It really annoys me when sitting close together in a group, and the person
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 11:26 AM
Jul 2012

next to me farts. why would peopledo that?

turtlerescue1

(1,013 posts)
2. to raccon and retshed:
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 12:11 PM
Jul 2012

Your person is emotionally charged, and retshed, your person has gastric distress. I have trouble when the person sitting next to me fails to wear deoderant and then THEY raise their arm.


Baitball Blogger

(46,700 posts)
4. Don't ever take the window seat on a plane where it tapers in the tail end.
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 01:04 PM
Jul 2012

Oh my God! They sneak in that chair hoping a child will slip into it, I'm sure. My thigh was so pressed up against the lady in the next chair over that a nail file couldn't slip through.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
5. Uh, oh...
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 03:08 PM
Jul 2012

I'm a hand talker...


I'll have to pay more attention to my gestures when I'm around people. I have been known to knock over stuff on tables and all that.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. Me, too. I'm of French ancestry. It's like being Italian. We can't help it...
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 07:43 PM
Jul 2012

we must talk with our hands! Our hands tell half the story and provide the emphasis!

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
6. It especially annoys me when I'm at a 9am parade and their hand are holding brewskies.
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 03:54 PM
Jul 2012

I learned that about myself just this morning.

I hate dodging beer bottles in the morning.

Rhiannon12866

(205,209 posts)
7. I freak out when a driver talks with their hands while driving...
Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:09 PM
Jul 2012

The worst time was in Russia and we were driving 3 1/2 miles down winding roads at night in the Caucasus Mountains.

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